Abundance Unlimited/Chris Sherrod

Pre-Made Membership Websites Suck

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:02:52 +0000

The big thing in membership websites is a pre-made membership website.

That is where someone makes the same website with the same content using different URLs over and over and then sells them.

It’s sounds great. It’s sounds like a viable idea. But, it isn’t.

The problem with having the same membership website is well they are the same. The squeeze page is the same, all the copy is the same, everything is the same. And Google hates things that are the same.

They are essentially selling a website that Google isn’t going to want to index. So you have to rely entirely on marketing it without Google. Hey that’s possible. You can grow your email list, post articles, send out press releases and work yourself into the ground.

Your audience gravitate to your because of you. You have to be you. You can’t buy a pre-made website and be you. Branding 101.

The real key is help in marketing. Having the same website as a lot of other people is going to hurt you.

I don’t think these pre made membership websites will last. Just the latest fad of Internet Marketers. They will sell it for now and when it doesn’t sell anymore they come out with the next latest thing.

To be consistent on the Internet you can’t rely on the latest fads. You’ll be switching from one fad to another and get extremely tired, divorced, single and stressed. It’s not good.

You need to work on your marketing funnel. Work on your front end products, get a video squeeze page up and market that, take those profits and make your membership website and add some products in between as up and downsells.

Do you want a membership website with YOUR content on it where you can add and edit all the content yourself. Where you can manage all the members yourself without having to learn a complicated membership application that only techies know how to use?

Money Machine Membership Website

P.S. Imagine what it would be like to have a website in less than a week where you can focus on marketing it.

P.P.S. In my 13 years of consulting with many many small businesses on their websites the biggest thing I see people getting stuck on is learning how to create websites and never getting past that hurdle. Have it done in a week and be in business now focusing just on marketing.

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Just updated my free resources page

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:31:28 +0000

I just updated my free resources page.

I give my prosperity consciousness resources and my Internet Marketing resources. Over four pages of resources.

If I missed anything let me know on my contact page.

New Membership Website Pricing

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:00:46 +0000

New membership website pricing for only $97 a month. Includes all support, world-class hosting, training videos, unlimited membership levels, sequential content delivery (drip content), shopping cart integration, multi-level access, sneak peak content display, and more. All for only $97 a month,$197 for the first month. That is $100 off first month for a limited time.

My Membership Program announced

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:32:30 +0000

I announced my membership program today.

The Best Real Estate Websites

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:57:11 +0000

My show today on “Real Estate Websites” was recorded and is available at http://live.abundanceunlimited.com

I’ve come out with a specialized website tailored for Realtors/Brokers or Real Estate Investors. With the Real Estate market starting to recover around the USA I show why my Real Estate website is the best. Whether you are a Realtor, Broker, or Real Estate Investor you can have your own website.

A Content Management System that lets you add and edit as much of your own content that you want
Add unlimited properties with photos, videos and maps
Internet Marketing ready
The best auto SEO possible
Fantastic Customer Service
World Class Hosting

Press the video icon just to the right of the menu button and it’ll automatically start playing back.

Thank you to everyone that submitted a question. You’re feedback is very helpful.

You can view it any time at: http://live.abundanceunlimited.com

Why The Soft Launch is Smart

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:00:38 +0000

It seems all you hear about in Internet Marketing is the hard and fast launch. It works and does create a frenzy for buying the product. And it is usually done for products that don’t work for long. You know the techniques that will work for a week or a month before not working anymore because Google changes their algorhymn or just the world changes.

The soft launch is actually a lot more common.

Restaurants entreprenuers start with getting their family and friends trying out their food and tweek it until it is good enough to launch their restaurant.

Comics try new material in front of small crowds to gauge response before taking it to TV or big arena. Authors test in blog and magazines before moving on to publishing a book.

A lot of Internet Markets do it too. They keep selling their main e-book or course, the ones with broad appeal.

The soft launch is smart because you’ll never be able to plan for everything that will come up. You can’t think of 100% of what will happen. It’s much easier to work through the challenges. Solve them as they come up. Definitely have a plan but be realistic that you can’t plan for everything. You’ll waste a lot of time trying which you can use to actually implement. That extra planning is a waste of time so don’t do it. Create a simple plan and implement it and adjust as things come up.

Soft launching gives you the ability to tweak and change things. You get it out there and gauge interest and adjust as necessary. Successful products are produced by how good you are in tweaking it after you’ve launched it.

Make mistakes in front of small audiences and you’ll learn what works and then you move on to bigger audiences.

I see so many people not doing anything because they look up to big Internet Marketers and try to do what they are doing. They didn’t start big, they went through a process to get big. You do to.

Take the first step.

How To Automate Your Business

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:13:58 +0000

My live video stream on “How To Automate Your Business” was recorded and is available at http://live.abundanceunlimited.com/

Thank you to everyone that submitted a question. You’re feedback is very helpful.

Social Networks Spread Defiance Online

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:57:51 +0000

Democracy has come to the people.

Right now there is a start of a revolution in Iran. People are protesting the election process and Twitter is in the middle of it.

Instead of us relying on The Media telling us what is happening. We are telling our selves what is going on. And the Powers are scared. Their days of simply telling The Media what is going on are slipping through their fingers. Social Media driven by people directly is taking over.

The hag tag #IranElection is being used over and over within and outside of Iran on Twitter.

Here is a quote from The New York Times.

A couple of Twitter feeds have become virtual media offices for the supporters of the leading opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi. One feed, mousavi1388 (1388 is the year in the Persian calendar), is filled with news of protests and exhortations to keep up the fight, in Persian and in English.

Global Internet Freedom Consortium and other private proxy service providers are helping people within Iran to get by the government Internet blocks.

Watch this video from CNN on how people are avoiding Iran’s web block.

Thanks go to The New York Times and CNN for their coverage of Iran. CNN was slow but is covering this important story.

Social Networks Spread Defiance Online – NYTimes.com.

After seeing this image what you can do with your business on Twitter.

Show me the proof or shut up

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:54:56 +0000

The most important thing I learned at a recent seminar was showing proof.

People are tired of talk. They are tired of sales text with no proof. Show the proof and you’ll convince them fast. Don’t show them and you’re lose them faster.

Proof is what really counts.

Right now Twitter marketing programs are extremely hot. I get a direct message on Twitter every few minutes about one. But there is no proof it works when it’s an affiliate program and the person sending me the direct message has 100 people following them. Let me take that back, it’s proof that it doesn’t work. I can get an account with the first 2000 followers in a couple of days. 100 is nothing.

P.S. I started TwitterForSmallBusiness.com to help allevate the spammers selling junk products. They are ruining Twitter and me and my clients don’t want that to happen because Twitter has been good to us in business.

Or at same seminar I showed my Alexa ranking of this website. It’s gotten better since them but right now it is #229,850 which is extremely good. I’d be happy with a bigger number honestly, but I’m very happy where is it right now and would love for it to get better. I showed proof that I know what I’m doing and I got several clients out of it who are working on getting their Alexa ranking better. If you would like to do the same call me at 1-512-772-2798.

What proof are you showing? What elements of your business can you proof that you know what you are talking about?

Show that.

Chris Sherrod/AU Live 2009-06-10

support@whodefinesyou.com (WhoDefinesYou.com) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:26:12 +0000

My live video stream on “How To Be Successful Online” was recorded and is available at http://live.abundanceunlimited.com/

Thank you to everyone that submitted a question. You’re feedback is very helpful.